Quincy, M.E./Headhunter

Headhunter
Season 6, Episode 10
Airdate	February 4, 1981
Production Number	55308
Written by	Fred J. McKnight
Directed by	Michael Vejar
Produced by	Sam Egan
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Quincy, M.E. — Season Six

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Headhunter is the tenth episode of the sixth season of Quincy, M.E., and the ninety-second episode overall.

Starring: Jack Klugman (Dr. R. Quincy)

Also Starring: Garry Walberg (Lt. Frank Monahan), John S. Ragin (Dr. Robert Asten), Val Bisoglio (Danny Tovo), Robert Ito (Sam Fujiyama), Joseph Roman (Sgt. Brill)

Guest Stars: Joseph Sirola (Sal Drosso), Eddie Fontaine (Joe Marcella), Suzanne Charny (Mrs. Marcella)

Co-Starring: Lynn Herring (Elaine Collier), Dennis Haysbert (Driver), William O'Connel (Albert Rausch), Woody Skaggs (Traveler)

with Eddie Garrett (Ed), Marc Scott Taylor (Marc), John Nolan (John), Diane Markoff (Waitress), Art Lewis (Inspector), Pat Hummel (Chemist), Guy Sarte (Detective), Jayne Kell (Leslie Stuart)

Plot Overview

A beautiful young stewardess is found dead, with her stomach cut wide-open, and Quincy and Monahan believe that she was smuggling drugs. A narcotics detective friend of Monahan's immediately comes under suspicion as a suspect, as she was not only his informant, but his mistress as well. Quincy has two problems on his hands: one, to prevent cocaine in tablet form (like aspirin) from getting into the hands of the public, and two, dealing with the tenacious Internal Affairs cop who's bent on nailing the young narc and not caring how he does it, including twisting Quincy's words in a newspaper article.

Trivia

Allusions and References

One of Drasso's underlings in the episode is named 'Fenady', a shout-out to frequent Quincy director Georg Fenady.